Lacramioara Bintu
Stanford University
USA
EMBL Conference
This conference will take place at EMBL Heidelberg, with the option to attend virtually and is being organised by EMBL with generous support from the Bayer Foundation
Recent decades have witnessed a profound transformation in molecular biology research, fueled by revolutionary technologies that have greatly enhanced our ability to systematically and quantitatively measure biological molecules. The use of genomics, proteomics, and imaging have become routine, generating vast amounts of high-resolution data that characterise biological systems across multiple scales, ranging from molecules to organisms. This technological leap allows us to describe biological systems in quantitative terms with unprecedented resolution and provides a solid foundation for formulating mechanistic models that elucidate the intricacies of biological functions.
‘Quantitative biology to molecular mechanisms’ (formerly ‘From functional genomics to systems biology’) aims to bridge the gap between technologies and scales, serving as a platform for the emergence of ideas and concepts to model complex biological systems. Leaders in genomics, functional proteomics, quantitative imaging, microscopy, and theory will gather to discuss their data and models, transcending their respective fields of expertise. The meeting will be bridging three interconnected themes where systems level approaches in molecular biology research are transforming our understanding of biological systems.
A large fraction of the talks (>20) will be selected from abstracts with a priority for early stage researchers.
Stanford University
USA
Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum
Research Institute
Canada
Friedrich Miescher Institute for
Biomedical Research
Switzerland
EMBL Rome
Italy
MIT Biological Engineering
USA
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
Germany
Institute of Molecular Biotechnology
Austria
Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum
Research Institute
Canada
Boston University
USA
Sanger Institute
UK
Netherlands Cancer Institute
The Netherlands
University of Cambridge
UK
Leibniz FMP Berlin
Germany
Northeastern University
USA
University of Toronto
Canada
University College London Cancer Institute
UK
Institut Curie
France
Hubrecht Institute
The Netherlands
Harvard University
USA
Stanford University
USA
Lunenfeld – Tanenbaum
Research Institute
Canada
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany
Netherlands Cancer Institute
Netherlands
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany
Time (Europe/Berlin) | Session |
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12:00 – 13:30 | Registration and light refreshments |
13:30 – 13:45 | Opening remarks by Scientific Organisers |
13:45 – 17:45 | Systems to function – Segment 1 Chair: Mikhail Savitski – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany |
13:45 – 14:15 | Title to be confirmed Lacramioara Bintu – Stanford University, USA |
14:15 – 14:30 | Interspecies interactions between the nematode Pristionchus pacificus and bacterial food sources reveal candidate pathways regulating gene expression, behaviour, and survival Marina Athanasouli – Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen, Germany |
14:30 – 14:45 | The genetic architecture of the human SH3 domain interaction network Sebastian Jaaks-Kraatz – Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Switzerland |
14:45 – 15:15 | Title to be confirmed James Hackett – EMBL Rome, Italy |
15:15 – 15:30 | Widespread position-dependent transcriptional regulatory sequences in plants Yoav Voichek – Gregor Mendel Institute (GMI), Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna BioCenter (VBC) Austria |
15:30 – 15:45 | Widespread chromatin context-dependencies of DNA double-strand break repair proteins Xabier Vergara – Netherlands Cancer Institute, The Netherlands |
15:45 – 16:15 | Coffee break and meet the speakers |
16:15 – 16:45 | Title to be confirmed Mikko Taipale – University of Toronto, Canada |
16:45 – 17:00 | Spatial reconstruction of single-cell enhancer activity in a developing embryo Yad Ghavi-Helm – Ecole Normale Supérieure of Lyon – Institute of Functional Genomics of Lyon (IGFL), France |
17:00 – 17:30 | Title to be confirmed Kathryn Lilley – University of Cambridge, UK |
17:30 – 17:45 | Mapping Genotype-to-Phenotype Landscapes in Human Cells Abdelghani Mazouzi – Netherlands Cancer Institute, The Netherlands |
17:45 – 18:45 | Panel discussion 1 Challenges of applying quantitative approaches in biology |
18:45 – 20:15 | Dinner in EMBL Canteen |
20:15 – 22:00 | Science Pub Quiz & after dinner drinks |
Time (Europe/Berlin) | Session |
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09:00 – 12:30 | Systems to function – Segment 2 Chair: Mikko Taipale – University of Toronto, Canada |
09:00 – 09:30 | Title to be confirmed Alexander Van Oudenaarden – Hubrecht Institute, The Netherlands |
09:30 – 09:45 | A parsimonious mechanism to generate rhythmic gene expression with wide peak phase dispersion Helge Grosshans – Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Switzerland |
09:45 – 10:00 | Developmental gene expression patterns driven by synthetic gene regulatory domains Daniel Murad Ibrahim – Berlin Institute of Health / Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Germany |
10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee break and meet the speakers |
10:30 – 11:00 | Building structural and spatial interactomes by cross-linking mass spectrometry Fan Liu – Leibniz Institute FMP Berlin, Germany |
11:00 – 11:30 | Synthetic reconstitution of complex cellular behavior Mo Khalil – Boston University, USA |
11:30 – 11:45 | A genetic interaction map for a human cell line Maximilian Billmann – University of Bonn, University Hospital Bonn, Germany |
11:45 – 12:00 | SPIDR: a multiplexed method for mapping RNA-Protein interactions reveals a mechanism of translational suppression in cellular stress Marko Jovanovic – Columbia University, USA |
12:00 – 12:30 | Transcription factor exchange enables prolonged transcriptional bursts Tineke Lenstra – Netherlands Cancer Institute, The Netherlands EMBO Young Investigator Lecture |
12:30 – 13:15 | Hike in the woods |
12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch |
14:00 – 16:00 | Systems to molecular mechanism – Segment 1 Chair: Arnaud Krebs – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany |
14:00 – 14:30 | Title to be confirmed Luca Giorgetti – FMI Basel, Switzerland |
14:30 – 14:45 | A phage protein kinase subverts bacterial defense systems through promiscuous phosphorylation Tara Bartolec – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany |
14:45 – 15:00 | Probing DNA damage sites in living cells reveals novel DNA damage response factors Richard Cardoso da Silva – Utrecht University, The Netherlands |
15:00 – 15:30 | Functional maps of a genomic locus reveal confinement of an enhancer by its target gene Christine Moene – Netherlands Cancer Institute & Oncode Institute, The Netherlands |
15:30 – 15:45 | Mechano-transduction via membrane potential for growth control Markus Basan – Harvard Medical School, USA |
15:45 – 16:00 | Title to be confirmed Joanna Jachowicz – IMBA Vienna, Austria |
16:00 – 17:30 | Poster Session 1 (odd numbers) |
17:30 – 18:30 | Panel discussion 2 |
18:30 – 20:00 | Dinner in EMBL Canteen |
20:00 – 21:30 | After dinner drinks in ATC Rooftop lounge |
Time (Europe/Berlin) | Session |
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09:00 – 12:45 | Systems to molecular mechanism – Segment 2 Chair: Lacramioara Bintu – Stanford University, USA |
09:00- 09:30 | Spatially resolved single-cell genomics & cell atlas of the brain Xiaowei Zhuang – Harvard University, USA |
09:30 – 09:45 | Mammalian promoters are characterised by low frequency of occupancy and high turnover of RNA polymerase II Kasit Chatsirisupachai – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany |
09:45 – 10:00 | Chromatin-dependent motif syntax defines differentiation trajectories Sevi Durdu – Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Germany |
10:00- 10:30 | Dynamics of microcompartment formation at the mitosis-to-G1 transition Anders Sejr Hansen – MIT Biological Engineering, USA |
10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee break and meet the speakers |
11:00 – 11:30 | Parsing human pancreatic cancers to identify localized tumour, stroma, and immune environments Hartland Jackson – Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Canada |
11:30 – 12:00 | Scaling laws of human transcriptional activity Jiayin Hong – University of Cambridge, United Kingdom |
12:00 – 12:15 | Single-molecule chromatin configurations link transcription factor binding to expression in human cells Julia Schaepe – Stanford University, USA |
12:15 – 12:45 | Title to be confirmed Anne Claude Gingras – University of Toronto, Canada |
12:45 – 14:15 | Lunch |
14:15-15:45 | Systems to disease – Segment 1 Chair: Tineke Lenstra – Netherlands Cancer Institute, The Netherlands |
14:15 – 14:45 | Single-cell Phenoscaping of Tumour Microenvironment Organoids Chris Tape – University College London, UK |
14:45 – 15:00 | Network-based framework for studying etiology and phenotype diversity in ciliopathies Ellen Aarts – ETH Zurich, Switzerland |
15:00 – 15:15 | Quantitative analysis of developmental timing in whole embryos Michael Dorrity – EMBL Heidelberg, Germany |
15:15 – 15:45 | Title to be confirmed Celine Vallot – Institut Curie, France |
15:45 – 16:15 | Coffee break and meet the speakers |
16:15 – 17:45 | Poster session 2 (even numbers) |
17:45 – 18:45 | Panel discussion 3: Breathing life into innovation through start-ups |
18:45 – 20:15 | Conference dinner in EMBL Canteen |
20:15 – 23:00 | Conference party with DJ in Foyer |
Time (Europe/Berlin) | Session |
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09:30 – 12:15 | Systems to disease – Segment 2 Chair: Hartland Jackson – Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Canada (tbc) |
09:30 – 10:00 | Transcriptional condensates in health and disease Denes Hnisz – MPI Molecular Genetics, Germany |
10:00 – 10:15 | Following transcription complex assembly over time Nils Eickhoff – Netherlands Cancer Institute, The Netherlands |
10:15 – 10:45 | Automated live-cell single-molecule imaging reveals the molecular dynamics of Sox9 during differentiation and a proliferative state transition in intestinal organoids Nike Walther – University of California, Berkeley, USA |
10:45 – 11:15 | Coffee break and meet the speakers |
11:15 – 11:45 | From proteome variation across single cells to molecular mechanisms Nicolai Slavov – Northeastern University, USA |
11:45 – 12:15 | Title to be confirmed Ben Lehner – Sanger Institute, UK |
12:15 – 12:30 | Poster prize and closing remarks |
12:30 – 13:00 | Packed lunch and departure |
13:00 | Conference shuttle to the Main station and hotels Bus to Frankfurt am Main airport (Terminal 1, tickets are available at the registration desk) |
On-site registration fees include admission, conference materials, COVID-19 safety measures, meals and coffee breaks. Participants are expected to book and pay their own accommodation and travel expenses.
On-site Academia | €550 |
On-site PhD Student | €350 |
On-site Industry | €750 |
On-site EMBL staff/press | €300 |
Virtual Academia | €200 |
Virtual PhD Student | €150 |
Virtual Industry | €275 |
Virtual registration fees include access to all of the talks (live-streamed and on demand) and facility to submit questions.
NO visa support letters will be issued until payment of the registration fee is confirmed.
Accredited journalists may be eligible to register for complimentary press registration. Registrants may be required to provide accreditation or equivalent proof of press membership after registration. Please contact Inna Bösselmann for more information. Please note that we do not offer complimentary registrations for editors of scientific journals.
Registration will be on a first-come first-served basis. Your place can only be confirmed after payment of the registration fee. If you are added to our waiting list, please consider taking advantage of our offerings to participate virtually.
On-site participants: Types of payments accepted are international bank transfers and credit card payments.
Virtual participants: We are only able to accept card payments. In exceptional cases we can accept bank transfers. Please contact events@embl.de for details.
Only registered participants attending the on-site event are eligible to submit an abstract. Abstracts will not be accepted from virtual participants.
After you have logged in and successfully registered, you will receive an email asking you to submit your abstract. Click on the link provided and enter your abstract in the text box provided. Alternatively you can submit your abstract by clicking on the link on the confirmation page directly after registering. The same login credentials are used for both processes.
Please note:
Title: The title should not exceed 20 words. Only the first word of the title should start with a capital letter and the rest of the title should be in lowercase.
Authors and affiliations: Please fill in the author’s details as requested in the online form. The compulsory details are: First Name, Last Name, Organisation Name (Affiliation or Company), Country and Email. Mark only one author as the role of First author and please don’t forget to indicate who will be presenting. The order of the authors will be listed as follows: First Author, Co-First Author (alphabetically if multiple), co-author(s) (in the order added by the submitter).
Presentation types: When submitting your abstract, you can apply for an oral or poster presentation. A selection process will take place with the results announced 2-3 weeks after the abstract submission deadline.
Please check our FAQs pages for further information on how to submit an abstract.
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The hotels below have rooms on hold for participants until 18 October 2024, in some cases at special rates. Please quote the booking code OMX24-01 and confirm the exact price of the room with the hotel directly.
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English | German |
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Hello | Hallo |
Goodbye | Auf Wiedersehen |
Good morning | Guten Morgen |
Good afternoon | Guten Tag |
Good evening | Guten Abend |
Good night | Gute Nacht |
I’m sorry | Tut mir leid |
Excuse me… | Entschuldigen Sie |
How are you? | Wie geht’s? |
I’m fine thanks. And you? | Mir geht es gut , danke, und dir/Ihnen? |
What is your name | Wie heisst du? Wie heissen Sie? |
My name is | Ich heisse |
Do you speak English | Sprechen Sie Englisch? |
I don’t understand | Ich verstehe nicht |
Please speak more slowly | Können Sie bitte langsamer sprechen |
Thank you | Danke schön |
Where is the toilet? | Wo ist die Toilette? |
Please call me a taxi | Bitte rufen Sie mir ein Taxi |
How do I get to….? | Wie komme ich zum/zur…..? |
A beer/two beers, please | Ein Bier/zwei Bier bitte |
A glass of red/white wine please | Ein Glas Rot/Weisswein bitte |
The menu, please | Die Speisekarte, bitte |
Is there a local speciality? | Gibt es eine Spezialität aus dieser Gegend? |
I’m Vegetarian | Ich bin Vegetarier |
It was delicious | Es war hervorragend |
The bill, please | Die Rechnung, bitte |
I have a headache | Ich habe Kopfschmerzen |
I have a sore throat | Ich habe Halsschmerzen |
My stomach hurts | Ich habe Magenschmerzen |
I’m allergic to | Ich bin allergisch gegen |
I need a doctor who speaks English | Gibt es einen Arzt, der Englisch spricht? |
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Date: 19 - 22 Nov 2024
Location: EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual
Venue: EMBL Advanced Training Centre
Deadline(s):
Abstract submission: Closed
Registration (On-site): Closed
Registration (Virtual): 12 Nov 2024
Organisers:
Contact: Inna Boesselmann